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Cuccinelli, Coakley to debate federal health care lawWashington Post (blog)By Laura Vozzella Two state attorneys general with opposing views on the federal health care law will square off next week at the National Press Club. Cuccinelli, who is running for governor, and Coakley will appear at 10 am Thursday at the National …and more » View [...]

House votes to repeal long-term care program in health care lawWashington PostWASHINGTON — The Republican-led House on Wednesday voted to repeal a financially troubled part of the 2010 health care law that was designed to provide affordable long-term care insurance. The House vote comes months after the Obama administration …and more » View full post on [...]

TPMDC House votes to repeal part of 2010 health care lawThe Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Wednesday voted to repeal a financially troubled part of the 2010 health care law that was designed to provide affordable long-term care insurance. The House vote comes months after the Obama …House votes to repeal part [...]

ABC News Will Holy War Over Health Care Law Cost Obama the Catholic Vote?Fox News (blog)Catholics are fired up over new rules implementing Obama's health care reform law forcing Catholic universities, hospitals, and charities to provide insurance for their employees covering contraception — even though that violates church teachings.Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines at [...]

Plain Dealer Catholic Church's opposition to contraception turns health care law into …Plain DealerScott Applewhite, Associated PressThe Supreme Court already is scheduled to hear arguments on the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act signed into law in March 2010 certainly has its share of critics, especially amongst conservatives.Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines at [...]

Daily Mail Holy war over health care law? Obama angers Catholic leadersFox NewsCatholics are fired up over new rules implementing Obama's health care reform law forcing Catholic universities, hospitals, and charities to provide insurance for their employees covering contraception — even though that violates church teachings.Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines at Catholic CollegesNew York [...]

Politico How Many Lives Does the Health Care Reform Cat Have Left?Huffington Post (blog)The law has survived a slew of near-death moments, but 2012 brings new lethal traps for the first-ever law that makes health coverage a right for almost all Americans. First up is the US Supreme Court, which will hold three days of [...]

OKLAHOMA CITY – The owners and operators of a durable medical equipment (DME) company in Oklahoma were sentenced Jan. 26 to a year in prison and ordered to pay restitution for their participation in a health care fraud scheme against Medicare (United States of America v. Adedayo O. Adegboye, et al., No. CR-11-030, W.D. Okla.). [...]

MIAMI – The Third District Florida Court of Appeal on Jan. 25 affirmed a trial court reduction of home health care hours for an autistic child, saying the services are not “medically necessary” under the state’s Medicaid rules (Virginia Cabello v. Agency for Health Care Administration, et al., No. 3D11-1084, Fla. App., 3rd Dist.; 2012 [...]

Politico Health care reform: House GOP waits for Supreme CourtPoliticoHouse Republicans have tried to repeal various pieces of President Barack Obama's health reform law, but they haven't touched the least popular piece: the individual mandate. One reason for that: They don't want to give the Supreme Court a reason not …Obama Health Care Law Being [...]